Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi
With Inputs from Media Release
New Delhi, May 2: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in its revised guidelines to be followed during the extended lockdown has allowed migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places to return home.
In an order issued by MHA, it has clearly asked all Ministries /Departments of Government of India, State/Union Territory (UT) Governments and State Union Territory Authorities to implement revised guidelines and allow the movement of stranded persons.
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The movement of these stranded people will be facilitated by the state/UT government. Anyone willing to be transported back home will have to be medically screened at source as well as destination and will be kept in a home or institutional quarantine on arrival, the home ministry guidelines.
The MHA order said, "All States/ UTs should designate nodal authorities and develop standard protocols for receiving and sending such stranded persons. The nodal authorities shall also register the stranded persons within their States/ UTs.
"In case a group of stranded persons wish to move between one State/ UT and another State UT, the sending and receiving States may consult each other and mutually agree to the movement by road.
"The moving person would be screened and those found asymptomatic would be allowed to proceed.
"Buses shall be used for transport of groups of persons. The buses will be sanitized and shall follow safe social distancing norms in seating.
"The States/ UTs falling on the transit route will allow the passage of such persons to the receiving State/ UT.
"On arrival at their destination, such persons would be assessed by the local health authorities, and kept in home quarantine. Unless the assessment requires keeping the person(s) in institutional quarantine. They would be kept under watch with periodic health check-ups. For this purpose, such persons may be encouraged to use Aarogya Setu app through which their health status can be monitored and tracked," stated the MHA order.